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smartled

smartled is the simple past and past participle of smartle.

Meaning of smartle

Verb

smartle (third-person singular simple present smartles, present participle smartling, simple past and past participle smartled)

  1. (intransitive) To hurt or sting with pain, often continually or repeatedly.
    • There was a little blister on Billy's knee. He looked at it with deep self-pity. "It smartles!" he said pitifully.1902, Brown Linnet, The Kidnapping of Ettie and Other Tales, page 287

Questions about smartled

What is smartled the simple past and past participle of?
Smartled is the simple past and past participle of smartle.

Words near smartled in the dictionary

  1. smartingly
  2. smartings
  3. smartish
  4. Smartism
  5. smartle
  6. smartled
  7. smartles
  8. smartless
  9. smartlessness
  10. smartlet
  11. smartlets

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